The Power of Friendship
What is a trade barrier?
A law that stops trade
What is the term for what makes one part of the world/a country unique?
Regional Identity
What links the Middle East together more than anything else?
Oil
The act of other countries relying on each other to run their countries
What year did the Arab Spring start?
2011
What are 2 of the main 3 trade barriers?
Embargos, Tariffs, and Quotas
What is the difference between culture regions and regional identity?
What is the majority ethnic group in the Middle East?
Arab
What do you call a group of 3 or more countries who enter an agreement to work together?
A Supranational Organization
What are 2 of the kinds of research is done in Antarctica?
Meteorology, Climatology, and Glaciology
What are 2 of the benefits of being part of a supranational organization?
Strength in Numbers/Defense, More Political Power, More Economic Stability
What is the biggest factor that contributes to regional identity?
Culture
Why is oil considered an important resource?
Everyone needs it, 91% of the world's transportation uses it, and it is used to make electricity
What is the process where countries start being linked by economics and culture
Globalization
What city uses luxury cars as police vehicles?
Dubai
What are 2 of the 3 reasons was the Antarctic Treaty signed?
To preserve Antarctica for science, to prevent countries from owning Antarctica, and to prevent military activity on Antarctica
What are 3 of the 5 main contributors to regional identity?
Culture, Interaction, Location, Economics, and History
Muhammed Bouazizi setting himself on fire because his veggies got confiscated
What is isolationism?
A country that shuts the rest of the world away/minds their own business
Put these Events in Order:
The start of the Aztec Empire
Christopher Columbus “discovers” America
The founding of Oxford University
Gunpowder is invented
Gunpowder is invented: around 850 AD
The founding of Oxford: 1056 AD
The start of the Aztec Empire: 1325 AD (w/ founding of Tenochtitlan)
Columbus causes problems: 1492 AD
What is the difference between economic interdependence and global interdependence?
Economic covers specific interdependence with money/economics, while global is a more general term
How did regional identity play into the Arab Spring?
Because the countries were Arab (by ethnicity), the protests spread between countries
What is the main purpose of OPEC?
To regulate the amounts of oil a country can buy and the price of oil
What are the benefits AND drawbacks of isolationism?
They allow you to stay out of other people's wars/problems, but there's also no one to help you if you have problems
What were the subjects of both lessons Tori taught in class?
The Bubonic Plague and the Chernobyl Disaster